Testimony of Healing March 25, 1905 Issue

About three years ago I came to Christian Science, seeking...

David L. Rainey with contributions from Emeline Snell

About three years ago I came to Christian Science, seeking help for a shattered nervous system. My eyes, which had always been weak, were now fast losing their little strength and glasses which had been fitted six months before were now useless. I consulted a specialist on such diseases, who told me that I was a hopeless case. Resistance to Christian Science was at last overcome and I asked for treatment. I was unbeliever, but after three weeks' treatment I was healed of nervous trouble and I saw without glasses for the first time in fourteen years, faintly at first, but as my understanding of man's dominion increased, my sight grew stronger. I am a marine engineer and my sight is all-important to me. I also find Christian Science of great importance to me in my business. I was a slave to tobacco for fourteen years, and shortly after being healed of the nervous trouble I went to sea. On the voyage I read Science and Health, and before the trip was half over I had lost all desire for tobacco or a social glass, and the desire has never returned. A year ago I had my hand caught in the moving machinery. The forefinger was crushed through the lower part of the nail and bone; the second finger-nail was torn off completely. One who saw the accident said that I had lost my fingers, but I declared steadfastly and knowingly that God was my Life. I closed my hand and declared for truth, and after I had overcome a sense of fear, my success was complete. I had not the least sense of pain. The fingers were tied up without drugs, and I went on with my work as usual, much to the surprise of every one. The bruises were healed in seven days and my forefinger is just as sensitive as it ever was.

Words cannot express my gratitude to our beloved Leader for her wonderful book, Science and Health. I am indeed thankful to have found a religion that can fill my life so completely, and also to know that we do not have to die to find heaven. We can taste of the joys of Soul here and now. — David L. Rainey, Seattle, Wash.

I want to manifest my gratitude by witnessing to my physical and moral healing, and the spiritual uplifting which has come to me through the healing truth revealed in Christian Science.

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